Resizible Window?

[JohnIdol]

Hi All,

I am looking at the possible styles of the WNDCLASS/EX and there's nothing to make the window not resizable (and to grey out the maximize icon).

Any hint?

Thanks!

JI

[henky@nok.co.id]

Try to add following code in PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT & cs).

cs.style &= ~WS_MAXIMIZEBOX;

[JohnIdol]

thanks but I am not using MFCs, so I don't have any PreCreateWindow.

I guess it would be the same if I added that code when populating the WNDCLASS structure manually.

[JohnIdol]

Nope, it doesn't work (it crashes quite bad into the debugger).

I partially solved setting the DWORD style to WS_DLGFRAME when creating the window, but that wasn't exactly what I wanted.

Any help woul dbe appreciated.

Regards,

JI

[Marc G]

Try the WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME style and remove the WS_SIZEBOX style.

[JohnIdol]

Thanks, but it seems to achieve the same result of WS_DLGFRAME (I don't have any WS_SIZEBOX set).

I could live with this, but what if I need the minimize icon but I don't want the maximize one?

This should be straightforward enough (just a property in the .NET frameworks), but I guess it's not at this point!

Thanks!

JI

[Martin O]

It has to do with the WS_THICKFRAME style. If your window uses that style, it will be sizable. If it doesn't it wont. This probably should have shown up in a search of this forum:

http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=432936

[Marc G]

Try the combination of the following styles: WS_DLGFRAME | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_SYSMENU
This should give a non resizable border, with a minimize box.

[JohnIdol]

Martin O:
Thanks for the hint.

Marc:
it works like charme!

Thank you :)